#4A85A3#4A85A3

#4A85A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.077 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A85A3
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 163)
HSL	hsl(200, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, -10.43, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 24.20, 244.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.047 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.077 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8200, 20.8737, 37.7332)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A85A3 #A3684A

analogous

#4AA395 #4A85A3 #4A59A3

triadic

#4A85A3 #A34A85 #85A34A

tetradic

#4A85A3 #954AA3 #A3684A #59A34A

square

#4A85A3 #954AA3 #A3684A #59A34A

split-complementary

#4A85A3 #A34A59 #A3954A

monochromatic

#24404F #376379 #4A85A3 #6DA2BD #97BDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4A85A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#4A85A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A85A3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A85A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A85A3	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7683A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#088D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a85a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.077 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a8be',
    500: '#4a85a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a85a3;
$custom-light: #83a8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a85a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.225,
    "s": 37.553,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58883,
    "c": 0.07687,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A85A3

secondary

#BC9D8D

accent

#815ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A85A3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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